Insurance & Reinsurance

Stikeman Elliott offers insurance sector clients an unsurpassed combination of top-tier corporate, regulatory, transactional and litigation expertise. Our lawyers are at the forefront of the insurance industry, working on the insurance transactions, cases and issues that are impacting the sector.

Our Insurance & Reinsurance Group excels at complex corporate transactions in the insurance sector, including M&A and public offerings. We have handled virtually every regulatory issue insurance companies may encounter and our depth of experience allows us to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of our domestic, US and international clients.

Our insurance litigators provide coverage advice on large, complex insurance disputes, and, when necessary, defend such disputes. We have particular expertise in class actions and precedent-setting disputes that may threaten the operations, reputation or even future prospects of our insurance sector clients.

Clients include major Canadian and international insurers and reinsurers, underwriters at Lloyd's, insurance brokers and agents and investment banks. We also advise governments, government agencies and major U.S. and global industry associations on groundbreaking legislative and regulatory developments in Canada.

Desjardins Financial Corporation Inc. in its C$775M sale of Western Life Assurance Company and Western Financial Group Inc. to Trimont Financial Ltd., a subsidiary of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company.

Ed Broking Holdings (London) Limited in its sale of Creechurch International Underwriters Limited to Beazley plc.

Lizotte v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada - obtained a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of Aviva Insurance Company, in a dispute of national importance in which the central question was litigation privilege and whether it can be raised in opposition to administrative investigators.